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430 buildings cataloguedfirst entry May 23, 202618 added this week

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Marquette Hotel

1906·Hotel·Downtown West

A ten-story hotel of red brick over a steel frame, trimmed in white terra cotta and stone. Angular three-sided bays, faced in terra cotta with…

Added Oct 22
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No. 429

Eden Theological Seminary (Wellston)

ca. 1882·School

A four-story seminary building of red brick on a raised basement, set among lawns and orchard trees. A square tower at one corner rose above the…

Added Oct 22
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No. 428

Bonham's Female Seminary

ca. 1860·School·Downtown West

A plain, square-built school of red brick, three tall stories over a raised basement, under a low hipped roof lined with chimneys and a ventilator…

Added Oct 22
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No. 427

Concordia Seminary (South Jefferson Avenue)

1883·School·Gravois Park

A Gothic Revival college building of red brick with light stone trim, 234 feet across and 64 feet deep, set on a terrace above Jefferson Avenue…

Added Oct 22
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No. 426

St. Anthony's Hospital

1894·Hospital·Dutchtown

A large red brick hospital of four stories and attics, set back on a rise behind a picket fence, with a curving drive climbing to its entrance. Long…

Added Oct 22
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No. 425

Grand Army of the Republic Arch

1887·Landmark·Downtown

A temporary triumphal arch that spanned Olive Street at Twelfth, built to look like heavy masonry. Rusticated piers rose on each side, each pierced…

Added Oct 22
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No. 424

Tower Building

1913·Commercial·Downtown

A six-story store and office building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Olive, sheathed in glazed white terra cotta over a steel frame, with a…

Added Oct 21
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No. 423

Union Club

1893·Club·Lafayette Square

A three-story clubhouse of red brick with white trim under a high slate mansard roof. On the main front, a gabled center pavilion framed by tall…

Added Oct 21

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May 23 — Oct 22
100200300400JunJulAugSepOct1st · Lemp Brewery100th · Sportsman's Park200th · Turner Open Air School300th · Syndicate Trust Building400th · Crown Candy Kitchen430
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Oct 21+2St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, First Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Oct 20+1Silk Exchange Building
Oct 17+3Union Electric 15th Street Substation, Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Company Building, International Shoe Company Annex
Oct 16+4Grand Avenue Bridge, East Bank Building, Carruthers-Jones Shoe Company Building, Guzzardo Building
Oct 15+3Fagin Building, Misval Building, Palladium
Oct 14+1Francis Building
Oct 13+7Ely and Walker Dry Goods Company Building, 1500 Washington Avenue, 1416 Washington Avenue, 1426 Washington Avenue, 1424 Washington Avenue, 1409 Washington Avenue, Washington Building
Oct 11+3Maull Spaghetti Company Building, Crown Candy Kitchen, Marquette School
Oct 10+4The Drygoodsman Building, White-Branch-Shelton Hat Company Building, Friedman-Shelby Shoe Company Building, Central Shoe Company Building
Oct 09+1Bevo Mill
Oct 08+3Amoco Sign, Tower Grove Park Stables, Hi-Pointe Theatre
Oct 07+1Missouri Crematory Columbarium
Oct 05+3Concordia Turner Hall (Arsenal Street), Nash Motor Company Building, B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company Building
Oct 04+7Fowler Playground Bath House, Public Bath House No. 6, Public Bath House No. 3, Public Bath House No. 1, Mullanphy Pool, Mullanphy Emigrant Home, Mullanphy Hospital
Oct 03+3St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall, Dickmann Building, County Poor House and Chronic Hospital
Oct 01+1Claridge Hotel
Sep 29+2Humboldt School (1870), Crow School
Sep 28+2The Gateway Arch, Roosevelt High School
Sep 27+3The Truman Office Building, Marshall School, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company Plant
Sep 26+2Charless School (1895), Bissell Street Water Tower
Sep 24+1Wade School
Sep 23+4Busch Memorial Stadium, Vess Advertising Device , Central YMCA, York Hotel
Sep 22+3Cinderella Ballroom, Cote Brilliante School, Cote Brilliante School (1872)
Sep 21+5Southern Hotel, Old Southern Hotel, Farragut School, Wheatley School, Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri
Sep 20+7Mann School, Grant School, Riddick School, Karpeles Manuscript Library, Kieselhorst Piano Company Building, Jackson School, The Armory
Sep 19+6Fire Station 35, Roman Pavilion, Central Library, Melbourne Hotel, The Spivey Building, Jack Rabbit Candy Company Building
Sep 18+4National Cash Register Company Sales and Repair Building, Second District Police Station, The Gill Building, Mullanphy School
Sep 17+2Clifton Heights School, Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School
Sep 14+1Standard Stamping Company
Sep 13+7William Shakespeare Statue, Shaw Theatre, First District Police Station, Ritenour High School, YWCA, Ninth District Police Station, George Washington Elementary School
Sep 12+4Shepard School (1859), Shepard School, Capitol Theatre, Shepard School (1885)
Sep 11+3Aubert Theatre, Union Theatre, Granada Theatre
Sep 10+3Empress Theatre, Congress Theatre, Manchester Theatre
Sep 09+9Kingsland Theatre, Carver Theater, Senate Theatre, Astor Theatre, Kings Theatre, Shenandoah Theatre, Lafayette Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Virginia Theater
Sep 08+2Sun Theater, University Club Tower
Sep 07+4Union Market, Old Union Market, The German House, The Saum
Sep 06+6Battery A Armory, Syndicate Trust Building, Stix, Baer & Fuller, Grand Opera House, Lindell Theatre, Powell Symphony Hall
Sep 05+3Continental Baking Company Bakery, St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Statler Hotel
Sep 04+4Olympic Theatre (1866), Olympic Theatre (1882), Odeon Theatre, New Grand Central Theatre
Sep 01+3St. Ambrose Church, South Side National Bank, Southwestern Bell Building
Aug 31+4Missouri Crematory, Lily Pond Pavilion, Cypress North Pavilion, Soulard Branch Library
Aug 30+2Seventh District Police Station, Shriners’ Hospital For Crippled Children
Aug 25+2Security Building, Scottish Rite Cathedral
Aug 24+6The Pennsylvania Building, The Park Plaza Hotel, People’s Hospital, Republic National Bank, Orpheum Theater, The Paul Brown Building
Aug 23+4The Music Stand, United States Custom House and Post Office (Third and Olive), Old Post Office, New Masonic Temple
Aug 22+4Lindell Hotel, The Ruins, King-Brinsmade Mercantile Company Building, National Electric Company Building
Aug 21+7Moolah Temple, Missouri State Life Insurance Company Building, Missouri Pacific Railroad Hospital, Missouri Theatre Building, Missouri Pacific Building, Mississippi Valley Trust Company Building, Mercantile Trust Company Building
Aug 20+4McMillan Hospital, Stars Park, Booker T. Washington Theatre, Pine Street YMCA
Aug 19+3Vashon Community Center, The Mayfair Hotel, City Hospital No. 2
Aug 18+4Vashon High School, St. Malachy Church, Humboldt North Pavilion, Alexander von Humboldt Statue
Aug 17+5Lincoln School (1867), The Peoples Finance Building, Martin Luther King Junior Bridge, Smith Academy (ca. 1879), Magic Chef Headquarters
Aug 14+3MacArthur Bridge, Liberty Hospital, Laclede Gas Light Building
Aug 13+3Merchant's Laclede Building, Insane Asylum, Hotel Jefferson
Aug 12+1Old Playground Pavilion
Aug 11+3Sons of Rest Pavilion, Grand Avenue Water Tower, Hotel DeSoto
Aug 10+1The Frisco Building
Aug 09+4Old Carriage Shelter, Humboldt Building, Metropolitan Building, Crunden-Martin Warehouses
Aug 08+5The Chemical Building, The Chouteau Building, Holland Building, International Life Building, Title Guaranty Building
Aug 07+2Buder Building, The Chase Hotel
Aug 06+15Clinton School (1868), Stoddard School, Rock Spring School (1898), Rock Spring School (1870), Oriel Building, Meramec School (1910), Meramec School (1867), McKinley High School, Lambert Building, Jaccard Building, Hamilton Brown Shoe Factory, Curlee Clothing Company Building, Blow School (1883), Blow School (1858), Hamilton-Brown Sunlight Factory
Aug 04+1Emerson Electric Company Building
Aug 03+2University City High School, Lambert-Deacon-Hull Printing Company Building
Aug 02+4Turner Open Air School, Stowe Teachers College (1938), Sumner High School (1895), Sumner High School (1910)
Aug 01+5Sherman School, Sigel School, Southwest High School (1937), Smith Academy (1856), Smith Academy (1905)
Jul 31+3Simmons School (1898), Roe School (1888), Roe School (1919)
Jul 30+3O’Fallon Technical High School, Lafayette School (1907), Mount Pleasant School
Jul 29+1Monroe School
Jul 28+7Lowell School (1878), Lowell School, Maplewood High School, Mark Twain School, Charless School (1859), Madison School, Madison School (1870)
Jul 27+4Betty Wheeler Classical Junior Academy, Peabody School, Humboldt School (1908), Lindenwood School
Jul 26+4Ames School, Hempstead School, Gratiot School, Shaw School
Jul 25+4Franklin School (1857), Franklin School (1909), Fremont School, Gallaudet School for the Deaf
Jul 24+3Bell Telephone Building, Polytechnic Building, Union Trust Building
Jul 23+2The Coronado Hotel, Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Jul 22+2Tenth District Police Station, Shell Building
Jul 21+2Central High School (1893), St. Louis High School (1855)
Jul 20+2Lyon School, Patrick Henry School
Jul 18+2Irving School, Engine House No. 6
Jul 17+3Fifth District Police Station, Police Headquarters, Four Courts Building
Jul 16+2Froebel School, Field School
Jul 15+3City Jail (Municipal Courts), City Jail (Sixth and Chestnut), Lindell Real Estate Company Building
Jul 14+2Dorsa Building, Bee Hat Company Building
Jul 13+1Boatmen's Bank Building
Jul 12+5Columbia Building, Liggett & Myers / Rice-Stix Building, Maryland Hotel, J. Kennard & Sons Carpet Company Building, LaSalle Building
Jul 11+2St. Louis Republic Building, Lennox Hotel
Jul 10+1Pierre Laclede School
Jul 09+3Wright-Arcade Building, St. Michael's Church, Hamilton Elementary School
Jul 08+3Woodward School, Wellston High School, Walbridge School
Jul 07+6Webster School, Webster School (1853), Webster School (1866), Robinson Elementary School, Keysor Elementary School, Wyman School
Jul 06+2Harris Teachers College, Gundlach School
Jul 05+4Oak Hill School, Frank P. Blair School, Mallinckrodt School, Social Evil Hospital
Jul 04+2Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Company Building, Soldiers Memorial Military Museum
Jul 03+3Jefferson Memorial Building, Municipal Courts Building, Walnut Park School
Jul 02+7Scullin School, Dewey School, Scruggs School, Carr Lane School, F.D. Seward Confectionary Company, St. Louis Public Schools Stadium, Euclid School
Jul 01+6Long School, Henry Chouteau Mansion, St. Louis Arena, Sportsman's Park, Darst-Webbe, Hutcheson Arms Apartments
Jun 30+7St. Louis Coliseum, Finney Building, Carter Carburetor Corporation, Mason School, Mermod-Jaccard Building (Broadway and Locust), Mermod-Jaccard Building (Fifth and Olive), St. Louis Federal Savings and Loan Association
Jun 29+6Harrison School, Stoddard School (First Building), Colored School No. 6, Banneker School (1940), Colored School No. 5, Shenandoah School
Jun 28+13Jean Pierre Chouteau House, Jean Baptiste Roy House, Old Rock House, Emerson School, Ira C. Divoll School, Garfield School (original), Garfield School (1936), Boatmen's Bank Building (1890), Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Company Building, Shapleigh Hardware Warehouse No. 3, Forest Park Hotel, Kirkwood High School, Gardenville School
Jun 27+14Frisco Hospital, Famous-Barr Parking Garage, Eliot School, Fanning School, Eastman Kodak Building, DeMenil Building, Merchants Exchange Building, National Bank of Commerce, New Bank of Commerce Building, Planters House Hotel (1841), Planters House Hotel (1894), Mercantile Club Building, Dunbar School, Dorris Motor Car Company
Jun 26+8Cochran Gardens, Divoll Library, Des Peres School, Pruitt-Igoe, Detroit Electric Car Company, Delmar Harvard Elementary School, Rialto Theatre, Rialto Building
Jun 25+5Samuel Cupples School, Continental Life Building, The Naked Truth, Compton Hill Water Tower, Columbia Theater
Jun 24+4Meyer Brothers Drug Company, Globe-Democrat Building, Columbia School, Cole School
Jun 23+5Delaney School, Civil Courts Building, City Hall, Central Institute For The Deaf, Ambassador Theatre
Jun 22+4The Century Building, Carter Carburetor Headquarters, Knights of Pythias Hall, Carpenter Branch Library
Jun 21+9Barr Branch Library, Carondelet Branch Library, Cabanne Branch Library, Bradford-Martin Building, Board of Education Building, Blustein's Bride's House Building, Belleville Masonic Temple, Bear Pits at Fairgrounds Park, Ashland School
Jun 20+1Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital
Jun 19+2Clark School, Central High School
Jun 18+2Arlington School, Cleveland High School
Jun 14+1Bryan Hill School
Jun 13+1Baden School
Jun 11+7Clay School, Carr School (1909), Carondelet School, Buder School, Blow School (1903), Beaumont High School, Adams School
Jun 09+2American Brake Company, Railway Exchange Building
Jun 07+1Eads Bridge
May 29+1Missouri Athletic Club
May 23+4The Wainwright Building, The Fox Theater, Soldan High School, Lemp Brewery

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